Description
Description
What it takes to develop, plan, and manage a successful construction project
The new, updated and expanded edition of this bestselling text addresses the basics of how we design, develop, and construct our buildings and our communities. Written in a straightforward and highly readable style, Construction Project Management provides the reader with crucial background information often overlooked in other texts:
- The roles of the major players owners and designers, general and specialty contractors;
- Why contractors should avoid some jobs, and how to get the right ones;
- What bidding is, and why the low bid is not always the best bid;
- Why different types of construction contracts carry different levels of risk;
- Why cost estimates and schedules are keys to project success;
- How a contractor brings in a job on time and on budget;
And much more:
- Alternative project delivery and BIM;
- Change orders and getting paid;
- MasterFormat;
- ConsensusDocs and AIA Documents;
- An expanded and updated introduction to Green Construction
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Kirshner Books
Pub date:
2018-03-15
Length:
482 pages

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